Helmwood Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Helmwood Healthcare is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.05 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the Kentucky average of 2.36, and 49.1% nursing staff turnover (Kentucky average 46.4%).
Helmwood Healthcare
106 Diecks DriveElizabethtown, KY 42701
Hardin County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Helmwood Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.05 hours per resident per day, 13% below the Kentucky average. With about 53 residents a day, that works out to roughly 109 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kentucky avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.05 | 2.36 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.79 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.66 | 3.95 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.19 | 3.48 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
49.1% of nursing staff at Helmwood Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Kentucky average of 46.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 14.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 health deficiencies (Kentucky average 2.9). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Helmwood Healthcare holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kentucky average is 3.0.
About Helmwood Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Hardin Ky Opco LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 26, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Helmwood Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Kensington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Elizabethtown | 0.4 | 82 | 1.94 | 3.63 | 58.8% | 3 | None |
| Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Elizabethtown | 0.5 | 65 | 1.98 | 3.40 | 78.2% | 2 | None |
| Signature Healthcare of Elizabethtown Elizabethtown | 2.4 | 124 | 2.13 | 3.93 | 42.6% | 2 | None |
| Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown | 5.5 | 15 | 3.30 | 8.02 | 42.3% | 5 | None |
| Signature Healthcare at North Hardin Rehab & Welln Radcliff | 8.4 | 136 | 2.43 | 3.75 | 47.1% | 2 | None |
| Sunrise Manor Nursing Home Hodgenville | 11.3 | 137 | 2.13 | 3.55 | 50.8% | 1 | None |
| Radcliff Veterans Center Radcliff | 12.3 | 120 | 2.65 | 5.60 | 34.2% | 3 | $9,331 |
| Signature Healthcare at Colonial Rehab & Wellness Bardstown | 22.5 | 65 | 2.27 | 3.81 | 25.0% | 1 | $67,987 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.